Intermediate Electrical Engineer

Morrison Hershfield is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and management firm located throughout the US and Canada. We are a dynamic, employee-owned, team-oriented firm with a diverse project list that ensures you will be working on exciting, high-profile and challenging projects. For more than 75 years, the people at Morrison Hershfield have been the leading force behind our continuous growth and the expansion of our services.

Here at Morrison Hershfield, we are committed to providing flexible work arrangements, to assist employees in fulfilling their multiple responsibilities at work, at home and in the community. Flexible work arrangements provide additional options for work schedules and locations. As we focus on project delivery, clients and staff, we have several working options available for working at Morrison Hershfield.

Morrison Hershfield is a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering and management firm located throughout the US and Canada. We are a dynamic, employee-owned, team-oriented firm with a diverse project list that ensures you will be working on exciting, high-profile and challenging projects. For more than 75 years, the people at Morrison Hershfield have been the leading force behind our continuous growth and the expansion of our services. Morrison Hershfield's Transportation Division provides planning, design and construction administration services for roadway, highway, transit / rail, bridge, municipal and related projects. We are currently seeking an Intermediate Engineer, Electrical, to join our Transit/Transportation engineering team, located at our office in Toronto, Canada.

The Intermediate Electrical Engineer is required to work within a multi-discipline team environment to design efficient and reliable electrical systems for Infrastructure, Transportation and Transit projects. The successful candidate will assist the Senior Electrical Engineer and Project Manager to design and execute infrastructure, transportation and transit electrification projects. The electrical design will include normal and emergency power distribution system, interior and exterior building lighting system, roadway and street lighting system, traffic signals design, EV Charging station, extra low voltage systems such as fire alarm, telecommunication, security access control, CCTV system, instrumentation, SCADA system design and execution of various Transit/Transportation systems and infrastructure related projects.

Morrison Hershfield is committed to having an inclusive and diverse workforce, with recruitment free of discrimination, ensuring all candidates are given a fair opportunity for employment. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Primary Responsibilities Participate in feasibility/strategic studies related to the electrification of public transit networks.
• Applying best practices and identifying innovative solutions, carry out engineering analyses and studies.
• Design of Electrical substations including equipment specification, grounding system design.
• Design of Electrical Vehicle Charging stations
• Prepare technical memos and reports to communicate results and recommendations.
• Liaison with project team members, and other stakeholders regarding project requirements.
• Preparing engineering design drawings, layouts and specification including but not limited to Single Line Diagrams, wiring diagrams, riser diagrams, protection systems, equipment lists, cable and panel schedules, emergency power distribution, etc.
• Perform lighting level calculations using lighting software such as AGi 32, AutoLUX, etc.
• Perform short circuit, arc flash and protective device coordination studies using ETAP (or similar) power systems analysis software.
• Conduct field work including investigations, studies, inspections for electrical systems
• Application of electrical safety codes and regulations to area of expertise and ensuring compliance with applicable codes and standards.
• Incorporation of safety and risk analysis into equipment designs.
• Liaise with clients, government regulatory authorities and contractors
• Ability to work with a minimum instructions and supervision, shall be able to complete tasks independently, shall make decisions and take responsibility on technical matters with input from senior engineers and project managers.
• Coordination with various disciplines and sub-consultants to ensure the technical integrity of engineering design solutions delivered by other discipline/teams on projects.
• Review progress and compliance construction with tender documents including review of shop drawings

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from a reputed university.
• Professional engineer (P.Eng.) licensed in the province of Ontario.
• Minimum five (5) years of progressive working experience in the field of electrical systems design, construction, Transit and/or Transportation system design and system integration
• Advanced knowledge of AutoCAD, MicroStation, Electrical engineering modelling software such as ETAP, and Auto LUX / AGI32 lighting design software is preferred
• Well acquainted with transportation and transit related project activities.
• Excellent organization and planning skills – document control and reporting
• Demonstrated initiative, drive, leadership, communication, & interpersonal skills.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects within a fast paced environment.

Job Type:

Regular

Job Profile: For internal use

Technical III

Attention Staffing & Recruitment Agencies: Morrison Hershfield will not pay fees for recruitment activities related to the hiring of a candidate unless a written service agreement has been established between a duly authorized representative of our Corporate Human Resources department and the recruitment/placement firm. In addition, in order to qualify for recruitment fees, all candidate resumes must be submitted to Morrison Hershfield through our Corporate Human Resources department. Resumes and profiles sent to our managers without the express agreement of our Corporate Human Resources department will not be eligible for a fee.